most difficult to keep. It requires very warm, moist conditions, and both in 
Brisbane and the South a heated glasshouse is essential. It is best potted in a 
basket and suspended over a fish-pond close to the glass. Flowers in late Summer 
and lasts four to five weeks, if, when the flowers open, it is moved into a cooler 
house. Syn. Vanda Sanderiana. Esmeralda Sanderiana. 
PUROPnHiIA 
Eulophia is a large genus of terrestrial orchids, most of the species of which are 
beautiful, though few of them are cultivated in orchid collections. ‘There are 
two distinct forms, one having leafy stems sometimes thickened into pseudobulbs, 
usually producing three flowers from a leafless scape growing from the base of the 
stem and, more rarely, sometimes from the apex of the stem; the other type, which 
is that of the three known Australian species, grows from a thick, fleshy, tuber- 
like, underground root, from which spring leafless stems terminating in a raceme. 
They will grow well enough in a compost of fibrous loam, leaf-mould, a little 
dried dung, and a few pieces of charcoal and broken crock. All the species come 
from tropical rain forest areas and therefore require rather warm conditions. The 
three Australian species are quite worth growing if they can be had, but by 
reason of the peculiar method of growing they are rather difficult to obtain. 
The native species are:— 
EULOPHIA CARRI. Native of North Queensland. 
This species was discovered by and named after Mr. Thomas Carr of Julatten, 
North Queensland, a member of the Queensland Orchid Society. It has a thick, 
fleshy tuberous root from which spring a few brownish stems up to about 18 inches 
with numerous sheathing bracts and terminating in a many flowered raceme. The 
flowers are nearly an inch across, and are a pleasing cinnamon brown in shade, 
prettily flecked with lavender. Flowers last about a month when they can be 
persuaded to open. I have grown this plant under glass and have succeeded in 
producing flower scapes on two occasions, but unfortunately on each occasion 
the stems damped off before the flowers opened. I am, therefore, of the opinion 
that when the flower spikes begin to develop it would be desirable to move the 
plant into the open air. As an experiment I have recently planted a tuber in the 
garden border and I am watching with interest for developments. 
EULOPHIA FITZALANI. Native of Mt. Dryander, N.Q. 
Same manner of growth as the previous species, the stems being about a foot long. 
Flowers are creamy white with brown veins. 
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